First Eclipse

Fauna watched him go out into the kitchen, and then he came back with a knife. He held it out to her. She took it and looked at it. He better not be asking for her to cut him with it, because that wasn't happening. When she looked back at him to ask, he pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it on the chair. She closed her mouth so quickly that her teeth clacked together. Her nerves were zinging, if that was even a thing. Whatever they were doing, they were doing it repeatedly. She felt anxious all of a sudden. What if she messed this up?

Tim held her look for a moment. "Calm down."

She whooshed out a breath. "It was happening again, wasn't it?" She pressed her hand against her forehead. "Geeze, how do you people focus?"

He grinned for a second. "Us people focus just the same way you do."

"Clearly not, because I am a mess right now."

He stepped toward her and reached and gently took the knife from her hand. "You are not a mess. This bond is just new to you."

"I have that connection thing with Ava and the others, but it's nothing like this."

He looked amused. "That's probably a good thing. The mate's bond is very intimate."

Just hearing the word intimate come out of his mouth started a slew of different feelings to rush through her. She dropped her head to the side. "Just do it, so all of this will stop."

He came closer and touched her cheek. "Relax." With gentle pressure, he tilted her head back up.

When he lifted the blade to his chest, she sucked in a breath and grabbed his hand. "You're going to slice up your chest?" She looked at it and tried to see beyond the well-formed muscles that made her hands itch to touch. He already had several scars on his chest. She looked lower and saw the red one that reminded her he was healing from almost dying a day ago.

"I'm not going to carve your name in, just cut it so there is blood." His tone was gentle, his words softly spoken.

Puffing up her cheeks, she blew the air out and released his hand. "Okay. Just be careful."

"I will." He reached and put his hand behind her head.

She squeezed her eyes shut when he placed the blade next to his skin. When he gently nudged her head closer, she opened her eyes to see blood dripping down his chest. Grasping his waist, she quickly put her lips around it. The first taste of his blood from his hand had tasted like blood. This time it was different. There was no metallic tinge to it.

He pulled her closer and she felt him move her hair away from her neck. His breath collided with her skin, and then he bit into her. Fauna closed her eyes because whatever this tattoo had done between them, her body's reaction to his fangs penetrating her flesh was nothing like the last few times.

Opening her hands, she splayed her palms over his chest and licked at the blood leaking from it. He growled, and the sound reverberated through his chest, igniting heat inside her. When he retracted his fangs, she felt his lips against her neck, and then he suckled gently. It was the most erotic feeling she'd ever felt. Their mouths on each other, the life force of their bodies being shared and swallowed.

When he lifted his mouth from her neck, he grasped the back of her head and pulled her away from his chest. She wanted to object, but then he tipped her head back and covered her mouth with his.

She could taste her own blood as he kissed her and wondered if he could his own. With a soft moan, she wrapped her arms around him and moved as close as she could, needing to feel as close as she possibly could.

Tim tore his mouth from hers, nipped her bottom lip, and then grasped her waist and lifted her up his body. Her mind went in different directions at the same time. If this was a normal blood exchange between mates, how did they not accidentally drain each other? Was that burning from the tattoo or the man holding her? Why did all of this feel normal? Was it because she had Alterealm DNA?

He growled and lifted his mouth from hers. "Stop thinking and just feel." He whispered and then turned and carried her over to the over-stuffed chair in the corner. He lowered her down to sit on the edge and knelt between her legs. Grasping her thighs, he pulled her to the edge of the cushion and lifted her legs so their bodies were against one another again.

As he leaned her back, his hand was under her shirt and splayed across her back. Skin on skin had never intrigued her before, but right now, she wanted as much skin touching his as possible. She was going to do what he said and just feel. Turn off her mind chatter and just let herself go. In the next breath, she grasped the bottom of her shirt and pulled it up her body. When she reached her neck, he helped her remove it completely. Without pausing, he had her bra undone and pulled from her arms. The air was cool against her skin, so when he put his hand against her back again and pulled her closer, his skin felt like it was scorching hers.

His mouth was on her throat, leaving a trail of fire as he moved lower. She wanted to touch him but wanted to feel everything he was doing all at once. With his hand beneath her hips, he was rocking her into his body. Her breath caught in her throat each time she was moved. He paused and rested his chin in the valley between her breasts and looked up at her. His eyes were blood red and if a look could possess someone, his was.

She reached down to undo her jeans and his hand stopped her.

"Not yet." His words were spoken in a low growl and her body even reacted to that. "You can tell me to stop anytime you want." He held her look for a second and then lowered his mouth to her breast.

She could feel his fangs and was panted with each stroke of his tongue. A whine came from her mouth when he wrapped his lips around her nipple and sucked it into his mouth. The friction from the sharp fangs made her feel needy, and she didn't care; she ground herself into him.

Tim pulled her knee higher, wrapped his arm around behind her, and began rocking into her while he dragged his fangs over her hard nipple.

Fauna moaned and then made little grunting sounds. Later she might be mortified, but right now, this was all that existed. Her entire body was centered around her core, and she was so close to screaming with each movement from him that she couldn't think. Her body crashed over the edge and she made low guttural sounds and clung to his head.

When the peek subsided, she lay there half in the chair, half out and all she could think was human men thought they knew it all by twenty-five. They knew nothing.

Tim leaned up and kissed her mouth softly. "Try not to think about human males right now-or ever."

She gasped and looked at him. "I don't know how to work this-" She waved her hand in the air.

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He reached down and undid her jeans and then straightened up, leaned back, and worked them from her body. When he leaned against her again, she could feel his heated flesh, and then their eyes connected, and she was lost in him all over again. He kissed her mouth softly and then trailed his lips over her skin along her jaw until he was beside her ear. "This might be too quick." His breath in her ear sent shivers through her. "The bond is wreaking havoc with my control." She clung to his shoulders and tried to think of words to speak, but just the feel of their hot flesh against each other was destroying her all over again. For a response, she lifted her head and bit his shoulder gently.

His low growl reverberated in his chest that vibrated against hers, and he grasped her hair and tugged her head gently until he could kiss her. His mouth was consuming hers and she struggled to return his kisses. Without pausing the kiss, he lifted her hips from behind and slowly slid inside her.

Fauna gasped and then sucked in a breath and held it. She felt like they were connected all the way to their souls and her body ignited like it hadn't just had a release a moment before. She'd never felt in synch with anyone in her life except animals, but they were moving together right now as if she was a part of him and he was an extension of her.

He broke the kiss and held her into his chest as he moved faster. When she started to convulse around his, she felt it travel through every muscle in her body. She was no longer able to move and could only cling to him as he finished. Tim still held her but was using the side of the chair to rest his head. He blew out a breath and then inhaled quickly trying to catch his breath. "I only intended blood exchange."

"Mmm." She closed her eyes. "Think the bond is complete?"

He chuckled softly. "Might have to repeat that last part a few more times."

Fauna opened her eyes and looked at him. His eyes weren't red and she didn't see any fangs as he smiled at her, but she still felt the same way as when red had stared back at her. Something brushed the other side of her head, startling her. Turning she looked to see Rocco on the other arm of the chair. He had his eyes closed and then started purring.

Tim chuckled again. "Rocco approves."

The ringing of a phone had both of them holding their breath. Tim flung his arm toward the floor and then, a second later, held his phone. Pushing up enough to use his other arm, he answered it. "Yeah." He looked at her. "When?" Closing his eyes, he nodded twice. "Okay. Make it fifteen." He clicked the phone off and dropped it to the floor. "Remember the red-haired guy at the camp?" Fauna nodded.

"Apparently that was Sem from Veiltide, so there's a meeting with their prince and others."

Fauna looked down at their naked bodies, still connected. "When?"

"About twenty minutes, at your place."

Her eyes widened. "Are we supposed to go to it?"

He nodded.

She tapped her hand on his shoulder. "Then we need to get dressed."

He leaned down and licked along the tattoo on her arm. "I like us this way."

Fauna grinned. "I'm not into public displays, sorry."

Tim lifted his head and growled. "Trust me, there is not sharing you-ever." He heaved a heavy sigh and lifted himself back to his knees. "Hang on."

Before she could clarify, he stood up, lifting her with him. "What are you doing?" She wrapped her arms around his knees and clamped her knees against his hips.

"I need to rinse off." He stepped in place, pulling his pants free from his feet, and then turned and went down the hall to the bathroom.

"You could put me down." She laughed as he turned sideways to fit them through the door.

"Could." He nipped her shoulder. "Just don't want to."

She started laughing as he leaned over and turned on the water. "This will be the third time I've washed my hair today."

He grinned and stepped under the spray. "Nothing wrong with cleanliness, Leisha." His expression sobered as he looked at her. "Thank you for honoring me and being my mate."

She felt like she wanted to cry. "I don't think I had a choice." To his confused look, she grinned. That rewarded her with being held under the spray as he licked the side of her neck. Fauna closed her eyes and just let herself feel. The End.